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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 547: LINKS AND RESOURCES The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Announcements, 2. Emerging powers in Africa Watch, 3. Zimbabwe update, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Social movements, 8. Africom Watch, 9. Elections & governance, 10. Corruption, 11. Development, 12. Health & HIV/AIDS, 13. Education, 14. LGBTI, 15. Racism & xenophobia, 16. Environment, 17. Land & land rights, 18. Food Justice, 19. Media & freedom of expression, 20. Social welfare, 21. News from the diaspora, 22. Conflict & emergencies, 23. Internet & technology, 24. Courses, seminars, & workshops, 25. Publications, 26. Jobs, 27. WikiLeaks and Africa /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Announcements FAHAMU CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS Comparative African perspectives on China and other emerging powers in Africa China’s deepening engagement with Africa is receiving increased attention from the global media, the public and private sectors and academic research. This should not however overshadow the activities of other emerging powers in Africa, including India, Brazil and the Gulf states. This call therefore seeks to develop African perspectives in the discourse surrounding the engagement between Africa and these emerging powers. Deadline for receiving applications: 12 October 2011. For further details please download information here ( http://www.fahamu.org/Fahamucallforresearchproposals2011-final.pdf ) . ****** SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MASTERS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW We are very pleased to announce that admissions are now open for five scholarships for candidates from African Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford, starting September 2012. The course website can be found here ( http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/index.php ) , while details about the scholarships, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, can be found on the fees and funding pages ( http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/fees/index.php#africanscholarships ) . ****** CHIMURENGA RECEIVES THE PRINCE CLAUS FUND’S 2011 PRINCIPAL AWARD Chimurenga Through the annual Prince Claus Award, the Fund honours eleven cultural pioneers, for their outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development. Chimurenga ( http://www.chimurenga.co.za ) is honoured to receive the Prince Claus Fund’s 2011 Principal Award, and congratulates the 2011 laureates. We thank the Prince Clause Fund for their recognition of our work over the past nine years, and are proud to join the list of previous winners. Most of all, this award honours Chimurenga’s contributors and readers. Congratulations Chimurenga People ( http://www.chimurenga.co.za/contributors.html ) . ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Emerging powers in Africa Watch LATEST EDITION: EMERGING POWERS NEWS ROUNDUP In this week's edition of the Emerging Powers News Round-Up, read a comprehensive list of news stories and opinion pieces related to China, India and other emerging powers... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/africa_china/76313 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Zimbabwe update ZIMBABWE: 'THE AXE AND THE TREE' DOCUMENTARY Zimbabwe’s legacy of political violence http://bit.ly/o1BQhE The documentary film 'The Axe and the Tree: Zimbabwe’s Legacy of Political Violence' screened in Johannesburg at The Bioscope on Thursday 8 September at 6:30pm, followed by a Q&A with the director, Rumbi Katedza. More screenings are scheduled during the Tri Continental Film Festival. ****** ZIMBABWE: ILLEGAL SANCTIONS DELAY NEW CONSTITUTION http://bit.ly/p6xJJH The constitution-making process in Zimbabwe is being derailed by the existence of the unjustified sanctions imposed on the country by Britain the U.S. and the European Union, a senior Zanu-PF official has said. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Women & gender AFRICA: AFRICAN WOMEN BECOMING MORE INVOLVED IN POLITICAL SECTOR http://bit.ly/o59Ve7 In Africa, access to positions of political responsibility remains an exception for female politicians. But this is changing. In 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first woman elected at the head of a country: Liberia. Today, women candidates are increasing and the next African elections will open new perspectives to all who have pledged to stir things up in Africa. ****** GUINEA-BISSAU: NEW LAW PROHIBITS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION http://bit.ly/mQtyKo This past June, the National Popular Assembly (ANP) of Guinea-Bissau approved a law prohibiting female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) nationwide. The controversial law had been on the table for discussion for 16 years, before it was ultimately approved by 64 votes in favour to 1 vote against. ****** KENYA: SEX-TRAFFICKED WOMEN ALSO VULNERABLE TO ORGAN TRAFFICKING http://bit.ly/pkmqW8 With the highest rate of human trafficking in East and Central Africa, several non-governmental organisations in Kenya are now under investigation by INTERPOL. The trail of corruption may also reveal human trafficker’s collusion with Kenyan authorities including the police and intelligence, as well as the judiciary. ****** SOUTH AFRICA: AIDS AS MASS FEMICIDE http://bit.ly/qTAbWo This study by Diana E. H. Russell and Roberta A. Harmes (Eds) finds that the lethal impact of AIDS on many women and girls must be recognised as a form of mass femicide that is devastating women throughout the world. These femicides are occurring as a result of the overlap of four gender-related problems: AIDS, male sexism and domination, genital mutilation, and rape. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Human rights ANGOLA: EXPERIENCE IN DIVULGATION OF RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS http://bit.ly/pYlrRU Angola's state secretary for Human Rights António Bento Bembe has said in an interview with ANGOP that the country is working to respect human rights with the experience of other countries. 'We have been working... with other countries such as England, Norway, Spain, Brazil and others with which we have very good relations,' he said. ****** ANGOLA: HRW CALLS ON AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE UNFAIRLY CONVICTED DEMONSTRATORS http://bit.ly/puu4aT The Angolan authorities should immediately drop politically motivated charges against 18 people who were convicted after unfair trials for their participation in an anti-government demonstration in Luanda, Human Rights Watch said. ****** BOTSWANA: INCREASE IN CHILD WORKERS WORRYING http://bit.ly/osiyWs Child labour is a problem in many countries, Botswana included. With poverty increasing in these harsh economic times many communities are putting their children to work. The Media Officer of Ditshwanelo, the Botswana Centre for Human Rights, Thuso Galeitsewe has revealed that according to research, the agricultural sector is where many young children are subjected to work in the fields and large farms. ****** ETHIOPIA: DETENTION OF TWO PROMINENT OPPOSITION POLITICIANS http://bit.ly/qSszSz Two prominent Ethiopian opposition politicians have been detained, at least one of them on terrorism-related charges. But opposition leaders are questioning the charges, saying the detentions appear politically motivated. ****** LIBYA: RIGHTS GROUP REPORTS ABUSES http://aje.me/pjiXUK Amnesty International has released a report on human rights abuses committed during the movement to topple Libyan fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi. The 122-page report consisted mainly of damning examples of violations by Gaddafi's regime, saying the strongman's forces are guilty of crimes against humanity, but it also says the National Transition Council (NTC) is guilty of human rights violations, and appears unwilling to hold its fighters accountable for them. ****** MALAWI: RIGHTS BODY SAYS PRESIDENT INCITING VIOLENCE http://bit.ly/qD2kvi Malawi’s Human Rights Commission has accused President Bingu wa Mutharika of inciting violence against critics that has led to petrol bomb attacks on the properties of two leading activists. Mutharika riled activists when he threatened attacks against his opponents who staged an unprecedented protest against his government in July. ****** SOUTH SUDAN: CRAI SUBMISSION TO AU PSC ON CITIZENSHIP ISSUES http://bit.ly/qMfAEL The Citizenship Rights in Africa Initiative sent an appeal to the AU Peace and Security Council in January expressing concerns about the possible treatment of Southerners in the North following the secession of South Sudan. Since South Sudan became independent in July, the government of Sudan has adopted new legislation on nationality which may strip a large number of individuals of Sudanese nationality and create problems for southerners trying to regularise their stay in the north. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Refugees & forced migration LIBYA: IMMIGRANTS IMPRISONED, TORTURED http://n24.cm/ojEGxj Non-governmental organisation Defense of Foreigners has accused Libya's new authorities of jailing and torturing some 300 foreigners, mostly Tuaregs from Mali and Niger, suspected of being backers of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. ****** LIBYA: IOM URGES WARRING PARTIES TO PROTECT MIGRANTS http://bit.ly/qyZwbw The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is making an urgent appeal to warring parties in southern Libya to respect international humanitarian law and ensure no harm comes to the more than 1, 200 migrants seeking refuge at an IOM-established migrant transit centre in the town of Sebha while it works out how best to evacuate them, APA learns in a statement issued in Nairobi. ****** SOUTH AFRICA: FEATURE FILM HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF MIGRANTS http://bit.ly/pYpzIi The IOM office in South Africa is backing the production of a feature film which seeks to explore the complex themes of migration, xenophobia, identity, fear and reconciliation. The movie titled 'Man on Ground' is centred on Ade, a successful Nigerian banker based in the UK and Femi, his estranged brother who lives and works in South Africa. ****** SOUTH SUDAN: U.S. TO GRANT CITIZENS PROTECTED STATUS http://bit.ly/opbyVO The Obama administration has decided to add the Republic of South Sudan to the list of countries included under the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) programme, Sudan Tribune has learned. The move comes as South Sudan gained its independence in July and the United States swiftly recognised it. ****** SUDAN: MORE THAN 100,000 DISPLACED IN BLUE NILE http://bit.ly/q6fhJ2 More than 100,000 people are estimated to have been displaced as fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and rebels in the country’s Blue Nile state continues, the United Nations (UN) reported. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that tens of thousands of displaced people cannot be reached by relief agencies due to movement restrictions against UN staff imposed by the government in both Sennar and Blue Nile states. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 Social movements EGYPT: GLOBAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS SHIFTING http://bit.ly/qq7a15 Arguably the repression of activists and journalist by Egypt’s interim military government is a sign of how strong citizens’ movements are and how frightened the regime is of losing power as the country moves toward elections and drafting a new constitution, writes Rick Rowden for Goethe-Institut. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Africom Watch AFRICA: THREE TERRORIST GROUPS POSE THREAT TO U.S. http://nyti.ms/qaRj0s The New York Times reports that Commander Gen. Carter F. Ham, the top officer at Africa Command, has claimed that 'three violent extremist organisations on the continent were trying to forge an alliance to coordinate attacks on the United States and Western interests.' ****** LIBYA: AFRICA COMMAND LEARNS FROM OPERATIONS http://1.usa.gov/o3iFXW A U.S Department of Defense release on its website says that Libya was the first major combat operation for U.S. Africa Command, and its men and women 'responded well', the unit’s commander said. 'Still, Africom - the military’s newest combatant command - is assessing the lessons learned from Libya and will make necessary changes,' said Army Gen. Carter F. Ham. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 9 Elections & governance CAMEROON: LONGTIME LEADER TO SEEK RE-ELECTION IN OCTOBER http://bit.ly/qYJFGo Cameroon’s long-time president, Paul Biya, stands a good chance of re-election this October against what analysts say is a weak and divided opposition. Election officials in Cameroon are reviewing applications from 51 presidential candidates, including Biya, who filed his papers just before the deadline. ****** DRC: ELECTION MAY BE DELAYED http://n24.cm/p80acb Voting equipment for Democratic Republic of Congo's election is stranded abroad and costs are spiralling, according to documents and officials, threatening to delay a poll that is due at the end of November. Opposition politicians have already accused President Joseph Kabila of trying to rig his re-election in the vast, mineral-rich country's second vote since its 1998-2003 war. ****** DRC: PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE Arsonists target DRC TV station http://bit.ly/qtSSJq Unidentified armed men torched the studios of a private television station that aired programmes favorable to Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, local journalists and news reports said. ****** LIBERIA: POLL IN OCTOBER http://n24.cm/nybJNn Liberian voters rejected plans to move the presidential election to November. The the poll will thus take place on its original date of October 11. Liberian lawmakers had proposed changing the date so that the vote missed the rainy season. ****** NIGERIA: CPC PLANNING TO DESTABILISE NIGERIA – PDP http://bit.ly/p4JoXn The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that it has uncovered plots by the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) to destabilise Nigeria. The party has called on security agencies to be alert and monitor the activities of CPC and its members, especially against the backdrop of present security challenges in the country. ****** ZAMBIA: ELECTIONS IN ZAMBIA The names may change, but the policy agenda will remain the same http://bit.ly/nwCosq On 20 September 2011, Zambians will go to the polls to elect its next president. As is often the case with elections in this part of the world, questions have been raised about the likelihood of the elections leading to violence, writes Judy Smith-Höhn, Senior researcher, African Conflict Prevention Programme, ISS Pretoria Office. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 10 Corruption AFRICA: MOBILE-MAPPING CORRUPTION http://bit.ly/q2Z8Kf A new application called Bribespot helps ordinary people report on instances of corruption they witness in their daily lives. According to this piece, users can download a mobile app for Android, which they can then use to submit specific instances of bribes. (Users can also submit through a website). A central office checks the submission and removes identifying information before posting to a database. ****** AFRICA: THE QUEENSWAY SYNDICATE AND AFRICA TRADE http://econ.st/oXklf2 An article in The Economist examines how China’s oil trade with Africa is dominated by an opaque syndicate. Ordinary Africans appear to do badly out of its hugely lucrative deals. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 11 Development AFRICA: CHINA/AFRICA DEVELOPMENT LESSONS http://bit.ly/oCodAz While the rising economic involvement of China in Africa has drawn wide attention in recent years, there has been significantly less attention to the impact of the Chinese model in thinking about development strategies in Africa. A new joint report from the International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC) and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, made up of the developed countries, is an index of the growing impact of such reflection. The report excludes issues on which significant disagreement would be likely, such as the roles of democratic institutions and civil society. ****** AFRICA: LEADERS URGE NEW APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT http://bit.ly/mTooII An IDN report finds that in the run-up to an important global forum on aid effectiveness, African leaders from fragile and conflict-affected countries have called for new approaches to development in the region and a reassessment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The call emerged from a regional meeting on peace- and state-building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 7-9, 2011. ****** AFRICA: NEW PARADIGMS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SOLIDARITY http://bit.ly/opLhuJ The current state of the global economy poses an unsolvable paradox to the traditional neoliberal doctrine of development. While economic modernisation based on Western models has long become unattainable for developing nations, wealthy countries are proving to be less and less willing to assist poorer nations in their road towards 'development.' To overcome this paradox, Francine Mestrum of Global Social Justice calls for a new paradigm based on self-steered development and global solidarity. ****** GHANA: IFC HELPING WESTERN MULTINATIONALS EXPLOIT WATER CRISIS http://bit.ly/p3m4p3 The water supply crisis in Ghana is being exploited by all manner of pro-market corporate bodies ranging from the World Bank to Coca-Cola. While the World Bank is licking its wounds from failed private water management initiatives, such as the Aqua Vitens Rand Limited management contract in Ghana, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), its private sector arm, is investing in small-scale private water ventures via WaterHeath International (WHI). ****** GLOBAL: NAVIGATING COMPLEX DILEMMAS The World Bank on violence, conflict and peace building http://bit.ly/mPQWpi 'The World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security and Development' is shifting the language of international policy on supporting peace and development in fragile and conflict-affected countries. Monica Stephen of International Alert examines how the World Bank’s operations need to adjust to support peace and development. ****** SOMALIA: AID GROUPS ARE MISLEADING THE PUBLIC http://bit.ly/nVAWOM The head of an international medical charity has called on aid agencies to stop presenting a misleading picture of the famine in Somalia and admit that helping the worst-affected people is almost impossible. ****** SOMALILAND: 'AFRICAN GAME CHANGER' The consequences of Somaliland's international (non) recognition http://bit.ly/qZNr0z After a series of field trips to the Horn of Africa region conducted by the Brenthurst Foundation over several years, most recently in Somaliland in June 2011, the Foundation made a documentary film to tie-in with the publication 'African Game Changer? The Consequences of Somaliland’s International (Non) Recognition'. The film is based on interviews conducted in Somaliland in June 2011. It explores the issue of recognition/non-recognition through the eyes of Somalilanders, as well as the social and economic challenges they face in their daily lives. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 12 Health & HIV/AIDS AFRICA: APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2012 STARS IMPACT AWARDS http://bit.ly/nHeZg8 STARS Foundation has announced the launch of the 2012 STARS Impact Awards recognising outstanding organisations working in children's health, education and protection. Organisations working with children in Africa, the Middle East, Asia or Pacific are invited to apply. This year, thanks to a partnership with the Ashmore Foundation, STARS is able to increase the number of Awards it intends to offer to 14. Of these, 6 Awards are made up of US$100,000 of unrestricted funding and additional consultancy support and the other 8 Awards will range in value from US$15,000 to US$60,000. ****** AFRICA: BETTER INFORMATION FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH http://bit.ly/o9onW9 The Mental Health and Poverty Project (MHaPP) is a 5- year study of mental health policy development and implementation in four African countries: Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia. Following broad situation analyses in each of the four countries, three areas of intervention were identified. ****** AFRICA: MALARIA: INFLUENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONED http://bit.ly/qXaIyB Severe malaria threatens tens of millions of lives across the globe. Up to a million children, most in Africa, succumb to it each year. The survivors risk life-long neurological deficit and other serious problems. Accurate diagnosis and injectable treatment are urgently needed to deal with the condition. Yet, children with signs of severe malaria often reside in remote locations. Professor Karim Hirji of Muhimbili University in Tanzania describes the significance of his own research. ****** KENYA: BREAKING WITH TRADITION ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH http://bit.ly/obo2Dm Most Somali women fleeing to Dadaab in northeastern Kenya have never visited an antenatal clinic, let alone given birth in a hospital. Most of the 470,000 refugees in Dadaab are from Somalia, where about 80 per cent of deliveries take place at home or with unskilled traditional birth attendants, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO). With an estimated 1,400 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, WHO describes maternal and prenatal health in Somalia as being 'of pressing concern'. ****** UGANDA: HIGH HIV PREVALANCE IN NEBBI ATTRIBUTED TO IGNORANCE http://bit.ly/ok1shv The high rate of HIV/AIDS prevalence in Nebbi district has been attributed to lack of sensitisation of the community on the danger of the disease, says Rev. Fr. Juvenile Ayelangom, the Nebbi director of Caritas, a Catholic church organisation. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 13 Education AFRICA: IN UNIVERSITIES, QUANTITY THREATENS QUALITY http://bit.ly/rjN9wy Uganda's Makerere reflects the crisis facing many African universities – how to fund higher education amid rising demand for places and concerns about falling academic standards, argues a piece on The Guardian's Poverty Matters blog. ****** AFRICA: MEDICAL EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA http://bit.ly/n9RcXJ This review synthesises research published in the traditional and ‘grey’ literature to promote a broader understanding of the history and current status of medical education in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). ****** AFRICA: WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO? http://bit.ly/oTnwx2 Public spending on education in Africa has been increasing annually according to a new report, but how is the money distributed? A report examined by The Guardian reveals that in some countries in Africa development aid accounts for 50% of government education budgets. ****** KENYA: 12 CHALLENGES FACING COMPUTER EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS http://bit.ly/n1ulup While ICT continues to advance in western and Asian countries, African countries still experience a lag in its implementation, and that continues to widen the digital and knowledge divides. A study by Kiptalam et.al observed that access to ICT facilities is a major challenge facing most African countries, with a ratio of one computer to 150 students against the ratio of 1:15 students in the developed countries. ****** KENYA: TEACHERS STRIKE PARALYSES LEARNING http://bit.ly/prHkBC Teachers across Kenya boycotted classes as schools in that country reopened for their final term in this academic year. A nationwide teachers strike now threatens to disrupt preparations in the run up to this year's national examinations by standard eight and form four candidates. ****** UGANDA: KOMO LEARNING CENTRES A Noerine Kaleeba initiative http://bit.ly/pauKYr The Komo Learning Centres (KLC) was established in 2008 as a non-profit (501c3) corporation dedicated to providing community-based educational opportunities for vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Uganda. With the third highest fertility rate in the world, Uganda’s education system is burdened with overcrowded classrooms, a scarcity of teachers and dilapidated schoolhouses. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 14 LGBTI AFRICA: AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST IN SPOTLIGHT Group launched to tackle homophobia http://bit.ly/mPt98x An international pressure group is to be launched in Britain to tackle the rise in homophobic violence around the world, with a focus on Africa and the Middle East. The UK's three main political parties have declared their support for Kaleidoscope, an independent group campaigning for the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, after a series of high-profile attacks on sexual minorities in developing countries. ****** AFRICA: HOMOPHOBIA IN AFRICA http://bit.ly/nLWjwy In a blog post, Peter Kenworthy explores how many African leaders in particular see homosexuality as 'un-natural' and 'un-African' and do not believe that homosexuals should have any rights at all. Homophobia is therefore not only illegal and punishable in many African countries, but also legitimised by the leaders of these countries, and African homosexuals are frequently assaulted, expelled from their jobs, or chased from their homes. The cultural claims that homosexuality is alien to Africa are rarely if ever substantiated, however, and homophobic laws and opinions could alternatively be seen as colonial imports based on European 18th or 19th century Puritanism. ****** CAMEROON: STAND WITH ALICE http://bit.ly/oog396 Alice N'Kom is one of the only attorneys in Cameroon who defends people who've been jailed for the 'crime' of being gay. In the last 2 weeks, gay men have been snatched from their homes and public places and thrown in jail just for being gay. The situation is approaching a crisis and Alice and her colleagues are ready to confront the President to demand the release of those arrested and an end to laws that make being gay a crime. But she needs the support of people around the world. ****** NIGERIA: FIFA TO INVESTIGATE HOMOPHOBIC WOMEN'S FOOTBALL COACH http://bit.ly/oaKF0t The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) say they have opened an investigation into homophobic comments made by Nigerian football coach Eucharia Uche. ****** NIGERIA: PERSECUTED FOR BEING GAY http://bit.ly/pP6iGu Bisi Alimi contributes to a series by The Guardian on voices of people from around the world who have found themselves stigmatised for their sexuality. While at university in Nigeria and standing for election, a magazine wrote about him and exposed him as being gay. This led the university to set up a disciplinary committee. ****** UGANDA: BISHOP CALLS CHRISTIAN AMERICA TO 'STOP EXPORTING HATE' http://bit.ly/r8TRG4 The work of Bishop Christopher Senyonjo, a retired Anglican Bishop from the Diocese of Western Uganda, has become increasingly vital over time, heightened by the intensifying persecution of homosexuals in his country. Taking the courageous step of ministering to LGBT people in his country, the Bishop is calling on America to 'stop exporting hatred' as he continues to advocate for the global decriminalisation of homosexuality. ****** UGANDA: ‘FAMILY’ CAMPAIGN CALLS FOR PROGRESS ON ANTI-GAY BILL http://bit.ly/pkqWrn A ‘family’ campaign in Uganda is urging lawmakers to pass the notorious anti-homosexuality bill. The Family Life Network and Uganda Coalition for Moral Values says the government should do the 'right' thing, rather than bow to international pressure. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 15 Racism & xenophobia SOUTH AFRICA: MALEMA FOUND GUILTY OF HATE SPEECH http://aje.me/qnW8qu A South African court has found Julius Malema, the fireband leader of the youth brigade of the country’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), guilty of hate speech. The court ordered the youth leader to pay costs for singing an apartheid-era song that advocated the killing of white farmers. ****** SOUTH AFRICA: THE EBONY CEILING AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION http://bit.ly/noLw5P The South African Civil Society Information Service points to two reports that find that whites dominate management positions in South Africa and that white people continue to be appointed and promoted in empowering positions in the workplace while blacks are constantly overlooked. The 11th CEE Report further argues that employers are more likely to employ white females and Indians from the designated groups 'when compared to the African and Coloured population groups at nearly all occupational levels.' ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 16 Environment AFRICA: AFRICA KEEN TO ENSURE KYOTO PROTOCOL SURVIVES Laura Lopez Gonzalez interviews Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo http://bit.ly/qqg3zS Durban should not be the burial ground for the Kyoto Protocol, says Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International, about his expectations from the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change happening in his hometown in South Africa later this year. ****** AFRICA: FACING CLIMATE CHANGE HEAD ON http://bit.ly/oM61kr FAO and African leaders are working together to move quickly to adopt a 'climate-smart' approach to agriculture to fight the impacts of climate change and increasing scarcity of natural resources. ****** AFRICA: IRRIGATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://bit.ly/q2qwLj While attention has, appropriately, been focused on getting food and medicines to the victims of the famine in the Horn of Africa, many observers are asking about longer-term solutions, especially if droughts such as the current one become more frequent with climate change. One possibility is to expand irrigation. ****** AFRICA: MOLLUSC STOCKS AT RISK FROM OCEAN ACIDIFICATION http://bit.ly/pzHTRl Fishermen in Haiti and some African countries could lose their livelihoods as ocean acidification causes a decline in mollusc populations, a study has found. Human industrial activities release carbon dioxide, which dissolves in sea water, increasing its acidity. This higher acidity damages the mollusc stocks on which many fishermen in Gambia, Haiti, Madagascar, Mozambique and Senegal rely. ****** KENYA: KENYA TO DEVELOP NEW WILDLIFE POLICY http://www.kbc.co.ke/news.asp?nid=72195 Kenya's Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife has come up with a new policy that will see the ministry take responsibility in wildlife conservation, compensation of wildlife related damages on crops, properties, death and injuries. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 17 Land & land rights AFRICA: AFRICA MUST REJECT LAND GRABS Letter to China, India, Harvard, Egypt, Kuwait, et al http://bit.ly/p0FXIA Guest blogger Andy Kristian, a US based Ugandan photographer, writes that Africa is on the brink of losing her land. The telescopes of several countries and corporations are on Africa, which until recently still possessed vast areas of arable and virgin land. This shift is due to rising food prices, climate change and massive populations in Asia, particularly, China, Arab Countries such as Egypt and Kuwait, and India. ****** AFRICA: NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA THREATENS WATER RESOURCES http://bit.ly/mUGRDk A new scramble for Africa is under way. As global food prices rise and exporters reduce shipments of commodities, countries that rely on imported grain are panicking. Affluent countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea, China and India have descended on fertile plains across the African continent, acquiring huge tracts of land to produce wheat, rice and corn for consumption back home. ****** AFRICA: WORLD BANK POLICIES 'ENABLING' LAND GRAB http://bit.ly/pOJJmq New research accuses the World Bank Group's policies of facilitating land grabs in Africa and favouring the interests of financial markets over food security and environmental protection. ****** GLOBAL: RIGHT TO HOUSING AND TO LAND http://bit.ly/qedKw6 Resistances and alternatives are the key words chosen by the Liaison Committee, established during the World Assembly of Inhabitants (WAI) in order to unify the Global Campaign for the right to housing and to land from the 15th september until the 31st october this year. The central focus is the struggle against expulsions, evictions, the land grabbing and the persecution of activists. This year, these matters involve not only the organisations that have long been committed to the World Zero Evictions Days and other campaigns, but the entire world. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 18 Food Justice AFRICA: FAMINE IN AFRICA Can reforestation improve food security? http://bit.ly/nxAsHh Deforestation worsens famine in Africa, but drylands restoration could help. Millions of people across the Horn of Africa are suffering under a crippling regional drought and tens of thousands have died during the accompanying famine. The best hope in the short-term is food aid and logistical support, but in the longer term, dryland reforestation efforts may help improve food security, argues a new report from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), which links human-caused land degradation, including deforestation, to intensified drought. ****** AFRICA: HELPING AFRICA TO FEED ITSELF http://bit.ly/r258pc Understandable concern exists over the state of hunger in Africa: almost one third of the population are estimated to be hungry, while more than a quarter of infants are underweight in the countries to the south of the Sahara. Moreover, parts of Africa are all too often hit by sharp increases in hunger when harvests fail or strife breaks out. Can Africa feed itself? And what needs to be done? This report reviews the evidence and opinions drawing on available statistics, the considerable literature and interviews by telephone and email with key informants. ****** AFRICA: HOW RISING GLOBAL FOOD PRICES COULD AFFECT AFRICA http://bit.ly/mVTYZA Africa Monitor reports (includes video) that higher global food prices are likely to spell trouble for aid organisations working to relieve famine in the Horn of Africa. Food prices are on the rise again, according to a new report issued last week by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ****** GLOBAL: CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS - MICRO-IRRIGATION A new way to beat hunger http://bit.ly/plhfIo Fearing a repeat of hunger riots around the world in 2007-2008, international policymakers are putting agriculture high on the agenda. The G20 agriculture meeting in Paris in June issued an action plan aimed at increasing global agricultural production by 70 per cent in the next four decades in order to address the challenge of trying to feed an expected 9 billion people by 2050 – a challenge that is growing harder with climate change. One priority target to boost world food security should be the millions of smallholder farmers in developing countries who live on less than two hectares – some of the poorest people on the globe. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 19 Media & freedom of expression SOMALILAND: JOURNALIST BEATEN BY POLICE http://bit.ly/oLf0GZ The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is outraged by the savage beating of 'Waheen' newspaper journalist Saleban Abdi Ali by the Somaliland Police's Special Protection Unit (SPU). The incident took place on 10 September 2011 in Hargeisa, Somaliland. ****** SOMALILAND: JOURNALISTS CONTINUE TO BE TARGETED http://bit.ly/oeN2HT Authorities in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland are obstructing independent journalists from covering government politics, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Four reporters have been harassed and arrested while on assignment since early September. ****** SOUTH AFRICA: JOURNALISTS DECLARE AGAINST POIB http://bit.ly/nxGwDm The 'Journalist Declaration on the Protection of State Information Bill' is an urgent petition that is calling upon all community, public, commercial and trade journalists to speak up against the Secrecy Bill and other proposed legislation. Organisers plan to release the list of endorsements before the National Assembly votes for or against the Secrecy Bill on Tuesday, 20 September 2011. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 20 Social welfare AFRICA: INDEPENDENT LIVING OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES http://bit.ly/pYFRlC The Independent Living Institute takes a look at this important subject and finds that little has been written about people with disabilities in Africa. Reference material has been drawn from the general textbooks of social sciences and principles of community health on the epidemiology of diseases. ****** AFRICA: THE VISUAL DU JOUR – MORE PLANET OF SLUMS http://bit.ly/qh7yft An infographic by the Global Sociology Blog details the slum population in urban Africa by country. ****** ALGERIA: PROTESTANT CHURCHES APPROVED FOR GOVERNMENT REGISTRATION http://bit.ly/oWZLzn International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that the Protestant Church of Algeria (EPA) was granted government approval in July to officially register congregations throughout the country. Algerian Christians view the decision as a positive step toward repealing a law that restricts Christian worship. ****** GHANA: SQUATTER'S PARADISE http://bit.ly/r2l7nU Discover the ins and outs of Sodom and Gomorrah slum in this documentary. Close to 80,000 people live in Sodom and Gomorrah, a slum on the edge of the polluted Korle Lagoon. The processing of electronic waste near the lagoon leaches toxic substances like lead into the soil. The place sprang up in the 1980s when thousands of people fleeing bloody ethnic clashes between the Kokomba and Nanumba in the north poured into the capital. ****** NIGERIA: GROWING 'PROSPERITY' CHURCHES http://bbc.in/paJFI9 An increasing number of Nigeria's 70 million Christians are following so called 'prosperity teachings' - the belief that prosperity is a blessing. Services are held in mega-churches, with millionaire pastors preaching the word. Tomi Oladipo reports for the BBC. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 21 News from the diaspora AFRICA: DIASPORA WOMEN USING FASHION FOR CHANGE http://bit.ly/offVXz Sheila Ruiz, programming and communications consultant for the Africa Centre in London's Covent Garden, put together a list of 7 African diaspora women in London who are using fashion for progressive change. ****** AFRICA: FOR EXPAT AFRICANS, PATRIOTISM MAY PAY http://reut.rs/pzBw7f Remittances from Africans abroad are booming, growing fourfold in the past 20 years and shrugging off the global financial crisis, to total $40 billion a year. 'Tapping into this money with so-called diaspora bonds could help provide Africa with the equipment and services it needs for long-term growth and poverty reduction,' World Bank policymakers Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Dilip Ratha wrote in an op-ed in the New York Times. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 22 Conflict & emergencies COTE D’IVOIRE: ECOWAS ROAD MAP FOR RESOLUTION OF POST-CONFLICT CHALLENGES http://bit.ly/nkLx3F The ECOWAS Commission has proposed a road map to address the post-conflict challenges faced by Cote d’Ivoire, which includes restoration of peace and security, repatriation of refugees and settlement of displaced persons. ****** EGYPT: COURT TO HEAR TESTIMONY FROM TOP OFFICIALS http://bit.ly/nY9CU9 The court trying Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters in January summoned the head of Egypt's ruling military council and other top officials to give testimony that could prove decisive in determining the fate of the ousted president. ****** KENYA: GASOLINE PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN NAIROBI At least 75 dead http://bit.ly/n8jMGh Greenpeace, in response to an explosion at a leaking gasoline pipeline in an industrial area of Kenya's capital in which at least 75 people were killed and 112 hurt, urged the Kenyan government to support its citizens in the wake of this incident. 'This again is a reminder to our African leaders to move away from the dangerous and dirty fossil fuels towards a renewable energy path with cleaner jobs, greener economies and a safer, more sustainable future for Africa's people,' Greenpeace said. ****** LIBYA: POLITICAL REPRESSION 2.0 http://nyti.ms/nD5Gjm An opinion piece in the New York Times looks at the sophisticated electronic equipment that powered Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s extensive spying apparatus, which the Libyan transitional government uncovered. ****** LIBYA: THE LIBYA HOAX How the West cooked up the 'people’s' uprising http://bit.ly/rmckl4 In a post on the Huffington Post Union of Bloggers, the writer exerts that the 'people’s revolt' against another tyrant is unquestionably exciting, and the demise (political and/or otherwise) of Muammar Qaddafi will be widely hailed. But below the surface something else is going on, and it concerns not the Libyan people, but an elite. In reality, a narrowly-based Libyan elite is being supplanted by a much older, more enduring one of an international variety.' ****** LIBYA: THE REAL REASON FOR THE WAR http://bit.ly/p6xCvs Jean-Paul Pougala answers questions from readers concerning his article 'The Lies of the Western war against Libya', which was translated into forty languages. ****** LIBYA: WHAT IS NEW DEMOCRACY IF BUILT ON RACIAL HATRED? http://bit.ly/pzpDns Guest blogger, Ahmed Sule, shows that attacks on both African immigrants and black Libyans (part of the legacy of 19th Century slave trade) have largely remained on the periphery of mainstream media. The political establishment, supporting the rebels, have done even less to acknowledge these atrocities that tarnish the rebels’ pursuit of democracy. ****** NIGER: FEARS OF INFLUX FROM LIBYA OF SOLDIERS LOYAL TO QADDAFI http://nyti.ms/qz74fw The New York Times carries a report that officials in Niamey, Niger are warily watching and bracing for what they call the disaster scenario that has not yet happened: a huge influx of defeated soldiers loyal to the fallen Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 23 Internet & technology AFRICA: A BRIGHT FUTURE http://bit.ly/qsTttC E-applications and value-added services will see Africa emerge as a major contact centre hub, with significant concentrations in Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius and South Africa. This was one of the micro-trend findings that emerged at a Frost & Sullivan congress, which took place in Cape Town. ****** AFRICA: AFRICA LEADS SOLAR-POWERED LAPTOP REVOLUTION http://bit.ly/qSpryQ The world’s first solar-powered netbook, Samsung Electronics’ NC215S laptop, is the ideal product for a continent where electricity access can be limited, but sunlight is never in short supply. The solar-charging capability means that it is also the first genuine environment-friendly product of its kind, with a lower carbon footprint than any other laptop on the market. ****** AFRICA: HOME-GROWN INNOVATIONS CAN BOOST MATERNAL, INFANT HEALTH http://bit.ly/rhzMBv Sub-Saharan African countries should scale up innovations that utilise internet, cell phones and other modern communication gadgets to national level, to benefit a critical mass of women and children in need of quality healthcare. Tore Godal, the Special Advisor to the Norwegian Prime Minister and co-author of a landmark report 'Innovating for Every Woman, Every Child', says that healthcare innovations can flourish in Africa in the light of greater political will, financing and policy support from central governments. ****** AFRICA: MAKING THE MOST OF MOBILES http://bit.ly/nt90bz While mobile phones are ubiquitous in Africa, the internet has nothing like the same penetration and is almost non-existent in rural areas. Ken Banks, founder of Kiwanja.net, advocates going back to basics – using mobile phones rather than the internet, and pretty basic phones at that. ****** AFRICA: USING SOCIAL MEDIA IN CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT http://bit.ly/nlXtuz It is now common knowledge that ICTs play important roles in the development process. In West Africa, projects such as Esoko, Grameen MoTech and Project ABC are confronting the challenges of development from different angles. Another interesting area with great potential in this sphere is the role of ICTs, social media in particular, in citizen engagement. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 24 Courses, seminars, & workshops AFRICA: NILE VALLEY CONFERENCES II http://bit.ly/nR0E8f Africa Today speaks with Professor Manu Ampim and Dr. Charles Finch on the upcoming Nile Valley Conferences II, 20-24 September 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia, a gathering for the study, discussions and analysis of the legacy of African peoples throughout the world. ****** PAN AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION (PACAI) http://bit.ly/oWnbW5 This gathering, the PACAI, capitalises on the 20th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, to make a difference to information access. The event is convened by the Windhoek+20 Campaign on Access to Information in Africa in conjunction with UNESCO, and possibly the African Union. It will be one of several conferences taking place simultaneously in Cape Town, and it will share an opening session with them. The totality of events will come together for a joint closing session, dubbed as the Africa Information and Media Summit (AIMS). ****** SOUTH AFRICA: AFRI-TECH TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL SUMMIT http://bit.ly/r8INpF The Afri-Tech Johannesburg summit is bound to unravel new areas of research and collaboration – with unlimited possibilities of enriching human lives in Africa and around the globe. The framework of this conference is intended to create cross-functional solutions in the areas of health care, education, banking & finance, networking solutions, digital marketing and science & technology. ****** SOUTH AFRICA: HIGHWAY AFRICA CONFERENCE 15 http://bit.ly/qJsBub Subscribe to Highway Africa’s Email Alerts or RSS feed for regular updates. Sustainable development in the face of climate change is the theme of the 15th annual Highway Africa conference currently underway in South Africa. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 25 Publications AFRICA: 'TO SEE THE MOUNTAIN AND OTHER STORIES' http://bit.ly/o7aXe9 'To See the Mountain and Other Short Stories' is a compilation of Caine Prize 2011 Shortlisted Stories and the Caine Prize African Writers’ Workshop Stories 2011. The Caine Prize for African Writing, an annual literary award, recognises talents from all corners of the African continent and the globe. First presented in 2000 to Sudanese author Leila Aboulela for her story, 'The Museum', the award seeks to find the best original short story, published in English, by an African writer, whether situated in Africa or abroad. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 26 Jobs NIGERIA: PROGRAMME DIRECTOR, WEST AFRICA http://wapo.st/obLmjW Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership (DCGEP) is a 501(c)3 organisation dedicated to using the power of media to transform education and improve lives in the developing world. Position Summary: The Programme Director, West Africa, will report to the VP, Global Education Programmes. Success in this position will hinge on effective management of current school-based projects in West Africa in accordance with organisational priorities and donor contracts; fully engaging donors and government partners; and spearheading new partnerships and funding for expansion in the region. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 27 WikiLeaks and Africa GHANA: WIKILEAKS 'EXPOSES' FIGHT IN GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF OIL http://bit.ly/nE3jue The latest release of leaked diplomatic cables by the whistle-blowing website, Wikileaks has revealed some persons around the presidency have tried to use their influence to manipulate control of the country's oil resources for their personal gain. ****** MADAGASCAR: US VIEW ON RAVALOMANANA'S LEADERSHIP http://bit.ly/pUBY6g Wikileaks has exposed a US cable examining Marc Ravalomanana's landslide re-election victory which saw him emerging ahead of 13 other candidates with 55 per cent of the vote. 'At the same time, rather than growing more relaxed and comfortable in power, he appears increasingly to see enemies around him, broaching little dissent as he becomes more isolated and autocratic,' says the cable. ****** ZIMBABWE: THREATS TO SHUT DOWN NEWSPAPERS OVER WIKILEAKS http://yhoo.it/o7YM1M The Zimbabwe government is threatening to shut down 'private and foreign' news media organisations that it says are 'abusing their journalistic privileges by denouncing the country and its leadership.' The threat comes just days after the release of new US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks revealed widening rifts within the country’s dominant party, ZANU-PF. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. © Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. 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